Multi-State Manufacturing Staffing Success: Building Skilled Teams Across Multiple Facilities
Quick Facts
- Industry: Window & Door Frame Manufacturing
- Service Type: Temporary or Temp-to-hire Staffing & Coordinated Supplier Program
- Timeline: 12-months
- Geography: Woodbury, Minnesota & Grove City, Ohio
- Specializations: Machine Operators, Welders, Fabricators and Painters
Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) offers a wide range of customizable employment solutions to meet each company’s hiring needs, whether it’s helping with large-volume temporary staffing, payrolling your contingent workforce, or finding the right professional to complete your team. We work alongside human resources managers, leadership team members, and other hiring professionals within your organization to ensure an efficient and timely process.
This workforce success story highlights how Doherty successfully utilized our employment expertise to help provide a customized hiring solution for a window and door frame manufacturer in need of skilled talent at their Minnesota and Ohio facilities.
Company Overview
As a major player in commercial window and door frame manufacturing, this company operates multiple facilities across the United States. To power their latest expansion in the Upper Midwest, they enlisted Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) to build their workforce from the ground up at a new facility in Woodbury, Minnesota. What started as a local collaboration has since grown into a multi-state staffing operation, with Doherty stepping up to support additional facilities in Grove City, Ohio, and new sites on the horizon.
Hiring Challenges
Launching the new Woodbury, Minnesota manufacturing facility brought pressing staffing challenges. With only a plant manager present on site, the company urgently needed a full team to get operations up and running. Finding local talent was no easy task in a competitive labor market, and the company needed a manufacturing staffing partner who could not only recruit top talent quickly but also guide them on competitive wages to attract and retain skilled employees. The stakes were high, and they required a strategic approach to building a manufacturing workforce in a new geographic area.
Workforce Solutions
Doherty responded with a targeted, high-touch recruitment strategy. Working closely with the company’s Human Resources and leadership, Doherty crafted a comprehensive staffing plan, including in-depth market insights to fine tune competitive wages and attract skilled manufacturing talent. Doherty’s local Minnesota presence made it possible to hold on-site hiring events, engage with community talent, and build a steady pipeline of qualified manufacturing candidates. Thanks to Doherty’s proactive approach and understanding of the local market dynamics, the Woodbury, Minnesota facility was staffed on schedule with a manufacturing team ready to perform. Their success at Woodbury opened doors for an expanded staffing partnership, and Doherty was soon invited to replicate their recruitment model for the company’s Grove City, Ohio facility.
Key Results
Doherty’s partnership transformed the company’s staffing process, supplying 25 employees across facilities, with 10 actively supporting the company’s multi-state operations today. The success of this staffing partnership led the company to explore a Coordinated Supplier Program with Doherty, setting the stage for even broader collaboration. Now, Doherty is positioned as the preferred multi-state staffing partner, consistently delivering on recruitment speed, talent quality, and employee retention. With smoother onboarding and a more stable workforce at both the Woodbury, Minnesota and Grove City, Ohio manufacturing facilities, Doherty has outperformed internal teams and other staffing agencies, proving itself as the top multi-location staffing provider for the company’s overall manufacturing operations.
“Our organization reached out to Doherty to assist in finding top-tier talent for our facilities, and we have been thoroughly impressed with their service. Not only did they deliver exceptionally qualified candidates, but they also took the time to understand our company culture and business needs. This attention to detail resulted in candidates who not only possess the right skills and experience but also align well with our values and team dynamics.
Throughout the process, Doherty’s team was highly responsive, professional, and dedicated to helping us find the best fit for each position. They streamlined the hiring process, provided valuable insights, and ensured that we were kept informed at every step. Their commitment to quality and customer satisfaction is evident in the caliber of candidates they’ve presented, many of whom have become integral members of our workforce.
We greatly appreciate Doherty’s personalized approach to staffing and would highly recommend them to any organization seeking reliable, talented professionals who will thrive within their company culture.” – HR Manager
Summary
As illustrated in this workforce success story, Doherty is familiar with the challenges of building a skilled manufacturing workforce with the launch of a new facility and knows how to apply our 40+ years of employment expertise to craft a custom workforce solution that can work for your business.
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